HOMPSON,
LANDRETH WORTHINGTON, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was born in that city in 1862, son of John Wesley Thompson, M. D., late assistant surgeon of the
141st Reg., Pennsylvania Volunteers, and Anna Rebecca James, his wife, daughter of the late Dr. David James, one of the pioneers of homťopathy in
Pennsylvania, and granddaughter of the late Dr. Isaac James of Philadelphia. He was prepared at the Rugby Academy in his native city to enter the
University of Pennsylvania, whence he graduated in 1884 with the degree of A. M. The training for his profession was received at Hahnemann Medical
College of Philadelphia, where he received the degree of M. D. in 1887. He was demonstrator of surgery at Hahnemann Medical College in 1889, and now is
lecturer on minor surgery and emergencies. Since 1890 he has been surgeon to the Children's Homťopathic Hospital, Philadelphia ; is a member of
the special staff of the Women's Homťopathic Hospital of Philadelphia and of the Philadelphia Medical Emergency Corps. Dr. Thompson holds membership in
the American Institute of Homťopathy, the Pennsylvania State Homťopathic Medical Society, the Philadelphia County Homťopathic Medical Society, the A.
R. Thomas Club, the Germantown Club and the Pennsylvania Historical Society.

Source : History of Homťopathy by William Harvey King
Copyright ę Sylvain Cazalet 2003